In comparable gear, a monk who stays in weight limits will take less incoming damage than any of the plate tanks (not counting warrior under disc). Between the superior avoidance and innate ac bonuses ... They're just overpowered in that regard. Original eq developers figured this out and later nerfed them (beyond the timeline of this server).
-monk takes less damage
-monk pulls faster
-monk wins the dps aspect by a large margin
-monk has mend
-sk has more hit points (by a fair margin)
-sk has aggro control on demand
-sk requires mana so absent crack mana regen will limit some of the scope of the sk power
-sk spell book gives them utility via snare/taps/etc.
Different classes with overlapping potential jobs. Both are fun and capable classes.
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